Snooze Restaurant Review: Best Breakfast in Denver?

This Snooze Restaurant Review is part of a Denver trip report. For the prior posts, see:

Snooze came across my radar when I was searching for the best pancakes in Denver. A big family tradition for us, nearly everywhere we travel to, is finding great pancakes. While there are plenty of places to get breakfast in Denver, Snooze looked to be a good bet for pancakes, as well as savory egg dishes, including a variety of eggs benedict.

Getting There

Snooze has several locations in Denver, but the closest downtown location for us was at 2262 Larimer Street. We eventually did get a house car from the Four Seasons Denver, although on the way back we simply walked, and it took about 25 minutes.

The Scene

We'd heard about Snooze's popularity and long waits on the weekend, and we got there a bit later than planned, around 9am, due to a longer than expected wait for the house car service. So we weren't surprised that the place was jam packed and gave our name to the hostess to put on the wait list.

Fortunately, there's a heated annex to wait in, with bar stools, so we were able to wait comfortably and read while we waited for a table. We only waited about 20 minutes, which was better than I expected, before our name was called.

Looking around, we could see a mix of local couples, families, and groups of friends, most seemingly in their late 20s and 30s. That said, a couple of other out of towners were seated at one of the tables next to us. It was either their second or third time at Snooze, and they were already chatting with their (and our) server as if he was an old friend. In fact, there was a really happy, festive vibe in general (of course, also keep in mind this was the morning of Super Bowl Sunday, *before* the game–tons of folks were wearing orange and blue, and in high spirits).

Snooze Menu and Food

Anyone who loves breakfast food, particularly omelets, eggs benedict, pancakes and the like will more than likely find several things they'd like to order from Snooze's extensive menu. Here's Snooze's menu of egg dishes:

And here's Snooze's menu of breakfast sandwiches:

You have to turn to the last page to find what Snooze is perhaps best known for, its pancakes, with tempting flavors that included Caramel Apple Pie, Molten Chocolate Lava, Sweet Potato, Pineapple Upside Down, as well as more convention favorites such as Blueberry, plain Buttermilk and Chocolate/Peanut Butter. And since it was Superbowl Sunday, the Pancake of the Day was a blueberry pancake with blood orange caramel, orange cream cheese frosting, blueberry whipped cream.

The great thing is you don't have to decide on just one–Snooze offers a Pancake Flight, so that you can try three, and that's exactly what we did.

We also wanted a savory dish, and asked our server for a recommendation. He suggested the Chilaquiles Benedict, with barbacoa beef over ranchero sauced tortillas, with poached Niman Ranch Eggs, hollandaise, pico de gallo and house hash browns, so we opted for that. The kitchen even split it into two portions, so keep in mind the photo below is of just one half portion. While I'm not usually much of an eggs benedict person, this was fantastic, with very flavorful, nicely spiced meat complemented well by the silky eggs, fresh pico de gallo and hash browns to soak up all the delicous sauce:

The pancakes were pretty sweet, as I expected, so count on this as your dessert of the day, especially the rich and gooey Molten Chocolate Lava pancakes:

The Sweet Potato Pancakes were good, although I missed the pecans that they were supposed to be topped by. They would have been perfect topped with Trader Joe's candied pecans to provide some textural interest.

The munchkin's favorite (and mine, tied with Molten Chocolate Lava) were the Caramel Apple Pie Pancakes. There's something perfect about apple pancakes with caramel sauce, marscapone whipped cream and spiced pie crumb crumble as a finishing touch.

The Service

Everyone at Snooze from the hostess to our server was incredibly friendly, notwithstanding the enormous crowds they deal with on the weekend. Kids are welcomed with a coloring and activity placement and little bucket of crayons, which kept the munchkin happy and busy while we waited for our food.

The friendly, helpful service made me wish we could bring some of these folks back with us to some of the NYC places that have great food but are staffed with aspiring actors or bored hipsters that can't be bothered to actually provide, you know, service.

The Verdict

While we only sampled a small portion of Snooze's menu, we would heartily recommend Snooze if you can get there early on a weekend (ideally before 9am) or on a weekday, to avoid a wait. Pancake purists may not care for Snooze's pancakes, which are quite sweet and dessert like, but we enjoyed them in conjunction with a savory main, the Chilaquiles Benedict. Just plan on having your breakfast or brunch count for a couple of your meals that day, or take home leftovers–portions are generous and represent great value.

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